This is a collection guide. It is a description of archival material held in the Special Collections Division,
J.Y. Joyner Library, East Carolina University. The materials described here are physically available in our
reading room. None of the original documents in this collection are digitally available online at this time.

Newsom Pittman Jones attended medical school at the University of Pennsylvania in 1838 and 1839 and returned to Tarboro to practice in Edgecombe County. Much of the Pittman material consists of financial records (1847-1861), the bulk of them being bills for medical services and invoices for clothing, an instrument case, salt, and horses. There is a property tax listing (1860) which reflects the values for lots, acres, slaves between twelve and fifty years of age, silverware, a gold watch and chain, railroad and bank stock, bonds, and a carriage. Items pertaining to slavery include a bill of sale (1847) to Pittman for a Negro, a coffin (1858) for a Negro woman, bills (1859, 1861) for medical services, and a deed (1816) for the sale of four slaves to Joseph Battle by John Andrews.

Masonic Order related materials were sent to Concord Lodge #58 in Tarboro and include an 1812 bill for entertainment for members, a request to be raised to Master Mason (1823), notices that various members had been expelled from their Lodges (1829, 1848), and a notice that a member had passed to Master Mason (1841).

Church-related materials include a statement (1819?) by the Neuse Association opposing membership in the Masonic Order by church members, a description (1820) of the organization and governance of the Church of Jesus Christ, a request (1822) that a member be restored to communion, a statement (1841) of membership in the Baptist Church of Nash County, and an undated deed for a parcel of land for the Primitive Baptist Church of Tarboro.

Land records include indentures for lands in Edgecombe County (1772, 1795, 1813, and 1860).

Miscellaneous materials consist of undated invitations from A. C. Kingsland and Hamilton Fish for entertainment at their residences in New York City, an invitation (1855) from Dr. Jackson of Philadelphia, and an undated composition by Mary O. Ballance entitled, "Effects of Fashion."

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Sensitive Materials Statement

Manuscript collections and archival records may contain materials with sensitive or confidential information that is protected under federal or state right to privacy laws and regulations, the North Carolina Public Records Act (N.C.G.S. § 132 1 et seq.), and Article 7 of the North Carolina State Personnel Act (Privacy of State Employee Personnel Records, N.C.G.S. § 126-22 et seq.). Researchers are advised that the disclosure of certain information pertaining to identifiable living individuals represented in this collection, without the consent of those individuals, may have legal ramifications (e.g., a cause of action under common law for invasion of privacy may arise if facts concerning an individual's private life are published that would be deemed highly offensive to a reasonable person) for which East Carolina University assumes no responsibility.

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